Accuracy of Children's Eyewitness Identifications in a Field Setting

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 295-306

  Bothwell, Robert K ^b   Van Verst, Mary ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

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EID: 0013184166     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: 15324834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp0704_4     Document Type: Article

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